MTV Casting Call: Are You Ready For The Big Chop?
Have you ever considered how much fun it could be for you or someone you know to appear on a reality show about going natural? MTV’s True Life is looking for such a person, so lower your reality TV guard just a bit and think about it!
Is your hair your obsession? How are you struggling with your hair? Do you feel natural hair would let you embrace your true self, and you want to go for the “big chop?” Why now? What has held you back up to this moment? We would like to follow someone who is ready to do the “big chop” and follow them on their journey as they transition into their natural hair.
If you appear to be between the ages of 15 -28 and would like us to document your transition to natural hair, email us at [email protected] and tell us about your story. Please include your name, location, phone number and recent photos of yourself.
I have to applaud MTV for paying attention to an often misunderstood moment in the natural hair journey and can’t wait to watch whoever they chose to profile for this episode. Yet there’s a part of me that’s stressed out at the thought of black womens’ hair being depicted as a bundle of pain and drama that warrants words and expressions like “obsession,” “struggling,” and “embrace your true self.”
Do we need MTV of all networks, all up in our roots. I feel like we are exploited enough.
SMH and I also agree with Side eye Mimi
For Christmas I wish black women would remove the following words from their vocabulary:
oppression
exploitation
patriarchy
European
standards
of
beauty
colorism
shadism
sexism
And also for the pagan rooted holiday, I wish these things would not exist period, let alone the use of certain vocabulary.
ok.. why are ppl mad about it?? i don’t get it.. i’m growing my hair natural and i could use all the tips i could get.. i still wear weave but it would be nice to wear out my own hair from time to time..
ppl are so judgmental about natural hair.. i don’t understand why.. especially our own ppl.. i think that’s why ppl are afraid to let the world see what their hair really looks like..
You really need the general public to be able to comment on your hair situation?
If someone wants to go natural, there’s always google.
Damn, we’re hard to please! When I read the article, my immediate reaction was to smile, not roll my eyes. Like someone mentioned earlier, we get offended when we’re underrepresented in the media. But when mainstream picks up on some of the issues in the black community, we feel like we’re being exploited. Yes, the wording of the ad was a bit questionable (…I guess), but a lot of times hair IS a struggle and obsession for black women. I guess we just don’t like it when ‘outsiders’ call it that.
We all know how it’s probably gonna go: Girl shares story about weave/relaxer addiction. Girl decides she wants to transition. MTV follows her through transition until she decides she’s ready to Big Chop. Girl is a little shocked at first, but comes to embrace her natural beauty.
Is this really the worst thing in the world that can be depicted about black women?
You took the words RIGHT out of my mouth, Sydney.
Seriously guys? C’mon. All I hope is that they get it right. Showing both sides of what IS a struggle (I’ve been natural for 3 years now and it’s still a love/hate relationship sometimes) as well as the stereotypes that go along with being natural, the beauty of it, etc….
Yes, more people are doing it. Yes, there needs to be a greater rep of Af-Ams in the media. So yes, a pop-culture fueled medium such as MTV will pick up on this trend (and if it goes through) show a side of our culture to many people who may need help with it or would not understand it otherwise. I’m glad they’re doing this. I just hope they do it right.
People, please, let’s not apply our prejudices and angst on EVERYTHING.
I feel you… if MTV does this RIGHT then our youth will be able to see the truth about natural hair and maybe understand that its not all bad.